thang
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A personal interest or style someone really likes
- noun
- /θæŋ/
- Slang
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cosa
- Everybody at Matchbook is happy y'all worked out your thang.
- groove thang
- Miss Thang
- boo-thang
Examples
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I'm the Ying, you're the Yang, yeah, we're doin' our thang.
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Do your thang, thang, girl
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After all, we got a love thang.
Fiction book (1994) -
Gotta work on our music thang.
Fiction book (1993) -
You know, I've still got that thang, if you want it.
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Don't let the haters stop you from doing your thang.
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Cooking is really my thang; I love trying new recipes.
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He always wears that distinctive hat; it's his unique thang.
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Art is her thang, and she spends every weekend at the studio.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thang is an informal spelling of the common word thing, coming from African American speech and music where people often say it like 'thang' instead of 'thing'. So, thang is used to mean a person's special interest or style — their own 'thing'.